Well I was skeptical about posting as I didnt want anyone to think that I was competeing for attention or that because Mick is sick Jake has to be too. I sent pictures to Christine to see if it looked like Mick and she agreed with me. So I wanted other opinions as well. The 'last vet visit' I had scheduled for Thursday will still be used but to see if this is indeed Lymphoma. Here are Jake's pictures. I had to pull some skin up from his neck as he has lots of extra skin in that area. He also has a lump on both his back legs that are noticeably large. The ones under his front legs arent as big. His neck and the back legs are the worse.

These were taken about an hour ago

Sorry the pictures are sideways. Its the only way I could take them.

Tina
Our thoughts and prayers are with Mick and Christine! We love you both!

RIP my precious Noah! You are greatly missed and still so loved!!! 7-12-06-- 2-21-07
RIP Abby! I always loved you!

Geez, Tina... PLEASE don't feel that way... what a way to compete for attention...

Your regular vet can do a blood test to see if Jake has some sort of infection, and if that comes back normal... your next step should be an Oncologist and having some biopsies done. Also, if the lymph nodes on his neck get bigger, try to take him in before Thursday, if you can... especially if he starts having trouble breathing. There is a shot to bring down the swelling... I forgot the name of it, but it's given in the butt.

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Tina, Darlene has abnormally large lymph nodes that seem to get a tad smaller and larger for no reason. I had blood tests run on her 2 times in the past 3 years and she "just has larger glands" than normal.

My friend's older Pit Bull had very large glands from an ear infection.

On January 14 2008, 8:33 PM, iluvk9 wrote:Tina, Darlene has abnormally large lymph nodes that seem to get a tad smaller and larger for no reason. I had blood tests run on her 2 times in the past 3 years and she "just has larger glands" than normal.

My friend's older Pit Bull had very large glands from an ear infection.

Here's hoping Jake is just fine!

He has so many other health problems going on with him that the lymph nodes very easily could just be connected with one of those.

"All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another." -Anatole France

It could be another one of his other health problems but I have never seen them enlarged at all. Could one of them cause this? Glaucoma, vesitbular, he had yeast infections in his ears but he has not had them since I got him vetted, he is also in kidney failure and he has a skin disease/disorder. I think that about comes it all.

Tina
Our thoughts and prayers are with Mick and Christine! We love you both!

RIP my precious Noah! You are greatly missed and still so loved!!! 7-12-06-- 2-21-07
RIP Abby! I always loved you!